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Few houses in San Diego are as historically important as the
Whaley House. In addition to being the Whaley Family home, it
housed a grainary, the County Courthouse, San Diego's first
commercial theater, various businesses including Thomas
Whaley's own general store, a ballroom, a billiard hall, school,
and polling place. Significant events, such as the siezure of teh
court documents and records in 1871, and the suicide of Violet
Whaley in 1885 profoundly affected Thomas and Anna Whaley.
These events, as well as the hangings which occurred on the
property before the house was constructed, have suffused the
Whaley House with an air of mystery and added to its reputation
as something more than just California State Historic Landmark
#65.
According to the Travel Channel's "Most Haunted", the house is
the number one most haunted house in the United States. The
alleged hauntings of the Whaley House have been reported on
numerous other television programs and been written up in
countless publications and books since the house first opened
as a museum in 1960.
The home is said to be haunted by characters such as James
"Yankee Jim" Robinson, Thomas Whaley himself, young children,
and Anna Whaley. Television personality Regis Philbin even
reported to have seen Anna on a visit to the home. For believers
and sceptics alike, the house draws them back time and time
again, in search of those elusive ghosts.
Whaley House. In addition to being the Whaley Family home, it
housed a grainary, the County Courthouse, San Diego's first
commercial theater, various businesses including Thomas
Whaley's own general store, a ballroom, a billiard hall, school,
and polling place. Significant events, such as the siezure of teh
court documents and records in 1871, and the suicide of Violet
Whaley in 1885 profoundly affected Thomas and Anna Whaley.
These events, as well as the hangings which occurred on the
property before the house was constructed, have suffused the
Whaley House with an air of mystery and added to its reputation
as something more than just California State Historic Landmark
#65.
According to the Travel Channel's "Most Haunted", the house is
the number one most haunted house in the United States. The
alleged hauntings of the Whaley House have been reported on
numerous other television programs and been written up in
countless publications and books since the house first opened
as a museum in 1960.
The home is said to be haunted by characters such as James
"Yankee Jim" Robinson, Thomas Whaley himself, young children,
and Anna Whaley. Television personality Regis Philbin even
reported to have seen Anna on a visit to the home. For believers
and sceptics alike, the house draws them back time and time
again, in search of those elusive ghosts.
